Privacy Policy

Effective Date: May 2, 2024
Your privacy matters to us at Arora’s Recipe.

At Arora’s Recipe (https://arorasrecipe.com/), respecting and protecting your privacy is one of our utmost priorities. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, protect, and share your information when you use our website, digital products, and community features.

Please take a few moments to read this document carefully to fully understand our practices, your options, and rights regarding your data. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us directly.

1. What Information Do We Collect?

Personal Information You Provide:
- Newsletter Signup: Your email address when you subscribe to our newsletter.
- Comments/Contact Form: Your name, email, and any message you voluntarily submit.
- Account Registration: (if applicable) Username, password, email address, and profile information.
Automatically Collected Data:
- IP address, browser type, device type, referring/exit pages, and usage data (collected via cookies, logs, analytics tools).
- Pages visited, time spent on pages, recipes you view or search for, and navigation activities.
Cookies & Tracking Technologies:
- We use cookies, beacons, and pixels to personalize your experience and analyze usage patterns. See below for details (Cookies Policy).
Third-Party Data (if used): Some third-party providers, like analytics or advertising partners, may also collect or receive information as described below.

2. How We Use Your Information

To send you our newsletter, recipe updates, announcements, and food inspiration (with your consent).
To respond to your inquiries, comments, or feedback submitted via contact forms or comments.
To improve user experience by remembering preferences (e.g., cookies for dark/light mode, recipe saving).
To analyze website performance, trends, and traffic patterns so we can continue to offer the best recipes and resources.
To moderate comments or user-generated content for quality, safety, and community guidelines.
To detect, prevent, or address technical issues and website abuse/spam.
If required, to comply with legal obligations or exercise our legal rights.

3. Cookies Policy & Analytics

What are Cookies? Cookies are small files placed on your device when you visit our site. They help remember your preferences, personalize your visit, and collect anonymous usage data.

Why do we use them? At Arora’s Recipe, we use cookies to:

Remember your favorite recipes, recently viewed posts, and settings.
Understand how you navigate our blog so we can improve user experience.
Analyze site traffic and engagement (with tools like Google Analytics) to optimize recipe content.
Serve relevant recipes and prevent spam or misuse.

Managing Cookies: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through settings. You may block or delete cookies, but this may limit certain site features.

Analytics: We may use third-party analytics providers (e.g., Google Analytics) to help us understand how visitors interact with our content. These services may collect and store usage data (like page views, time on site, and navigation flow) as described above.

4. Third-Party Links & Embedded Content

Occasionally, you may find links to third-party websites, e.g., Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, or affiliate shops. Clicking these links or embedded content may allow those third parties to collect data about you, use cookies, or monitor your interaction—even if you don’t have an account or aren’t logged in to those services.

We do not control those external sites and encourage you to review their Privacy Policies directly before interacting or submitting information. Arora’s Recipe is not liable for their content or data practices.

5. How We Share Your Information

With Your Consent: Such as when you join our newsletter or community submissions.
Service Providers: Third parties who process data for us, e.g., website hosting, analytics, email services—only as necessary to provide our services and never for their own use.
Legal Requirements: If required by law, regulation, or government request.
Business Transfers: If our website is merged, acquired, or assets are sold, user data may be part of the transfer, but you’ll be notified of changes.

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to marketers or outside organizations.

6. How We Protect Your Data

We take reasonable measures to safeguard your data, including:

Securing our website with HTTPS encryption.
Limiting access to sensitive data to only authorized personnel.
Regular updates and monitoring for security threats or vulnerabilities.
Pseudonymizing or anonymizing data where possible.

However, no online system can be guaranteed 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. We recommend using strong passwords and avoiding sharing sensitive data in public comment sections.

7. Data Retention: How Long Do We Keep Your Information?

We keep your personal information only as long as needed for the reasons it was collected, or as required by law. For example:

Newsletter subscribers: Until you unsubscribe (via link in every email or by contacting us).
Comments/Contact form data: As long as the comment or message remains visible on the site, or until removal is requested.
Usage/analytics data: Typically stored in aggregated/anonymized form for site improvement only.

We periodically review stored data and remove anything we no longer need or are not required to keep by law.

8. Your Privacy Rights and Choices

Depending on your local laws (such as GDPR in Europe or CCPA in California), you may have the right to:

Access a copy of the personal information we have about you
Request corrections of inaccurate data
Request deletion of your personal data (subject to legal retention requirements)
Withdraw your consent for us to use your data (such as unsubscribing from emails)
Object to certain uses of your data or request it be limited

To exercise any of these rights, please email us at . We will respond as soon as possible and always in accordance with applicable privacy legislation.

9. Children's Privacy

Arora’s Recipe is not intended for children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately. We will promptly delete such data from our records.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update or revise this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in legal requirements, regulations, technology, or our website features. When we do, we will post the revised policy on this page and update the “Effective Date” at the top. We encourage you to review this policy regularly to stay informed of how we protect your information.

Significant changes will be communicated through notices on our website or, for registered users, via email.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions, requests, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please reach out to us at:

Email:
Contact Form: arorasrecipe.com/page/contact/

We take your privacy concerns seriously and will respond as quickly as possible.

12. Acceptance of This Policy

By using our website, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy and agree to its terms. Your continued use of Arora’s Recipe signifies your acceptance of any updates or amendments posted here.

13. Final Thoughts

Your trust is important to us. At Arora’s Recipe, we are committed to transparency, care, and respect when handling your personal information. If you ever have concerns or suggestions about how we protect your privacy, please contact us. Thank you for trusting us and for being a part of our food-loving community!